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  1. Supernova74

    Hi I,m considering in purchasing an APO myself however are the TAK! Really worth the premium price tag I be mainly useing for visual maybe somewhere down the line imagining or video Astronomy at some point the only reason I ask is in some reviews and testing against cheaper brands the under seems not to be that far behind ie in quality

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      JeremyS

      I think your 12-inch SCT will give better results all round visually on both planets and certainly deep sky.

      If it were mine, I would not swap it for a 6-inch refractor.

      I have a C9.25 and it gives fantastic results visually. And my C11 is great for faint CCD imaging.

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  2. Supernova74

    Hi I,m considering in purchasing an APO myself however are the TAK! Really worth the premium price tag I be mainly useing for visual maybe somewhere down the line imagining or video Astronomy at some point the only reason I ask is in some reviews and testing against cheaper brands the under seems not to be that far behind ie in quality

    1. JeremyS

      JeremyS

      I think that's right: there are cheaper brands that are not so far behind in quality. I see very good reports of the SW brand, for example. The difference would only be seen on a few nights of exceptional seeing.

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  3. MakeItSo

    Jeremy, 

    Sorry to bother you.  I noticed from a photo you posted you have a Celestron 9.25 with a refractor piggybacked on it.  I have an 1100 and I am looking at a Williams optics 73 zenithstar APO. This is new to me and a I am unsure of the mounting approach. The APO has a vixen style mount. May I ask how you mounted your refractor on your OTA? I am sure it’s really simple and I apologise for the simple question. 

    Best

    Simon

    1. JeremyS

      JeremyS

      Hello Simon,

      It's actually a C11 in the pic (I do have a C9.25, which I referred to in my post, but that is not shown).

      I installed an ADM Losmandy D dovetail plate to the top of the C11 OTA. On this is fitted a ADM D Series Dovetail Plate Adapter. 

      The small refractor is a Takahashi FS60C which has a Tak tube cradle. The bottom of the cradle as a 3/8-inch photo tripod screw hole. I use a screw into that from the dovetail plate adapter. I suspect your WO scope might have a similar hole in it's base, if you look on the bottom of the Vixen dovetail.

      There is one disadvantage to my arrangement: it's difficult to precisely align the Tak scope with the C11. This is not a problem for me as I'm not actually using it as a guide scope, but as a wide-field imaging scope. If I needed to be able to adjust the Tak, I'd use ADM tube rings to mount it.

      Hope this helps,

      Jeremy

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